• Boris Filipović, J Alexander de Ru, Rick van de Langenberg, Pepijn A Borggreven, Zdravko Lacković, and Peter J F M Lohuis.
• Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Sveti Duh, Sveti Duh 64, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia. boris.filipovic@hotmail.com.
• Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2017 May 1; 274 (5): 2093-2106.

AbstractIn the last decade, a new surgical treatment modality was developed for frontal secondary headache, based on the assumption that the trigger of this pain entity is the entrapment of peripheral sensory nerves. The surgery entails a procedure, where an endoscopic approach is used to decompress the supraorbital and supratrochlear nerve branches, which are entrapped by the periosteum in the region of the corrugator supercilii muscle. Candidates for the surgery define their headache as moderate to severe persistent daily pressure or tension, localized in the frontal area, sometimes accompanied by symptoms of nausea and photophobia mimicking a primary headache-migraine. We created a step-by-step screening algorithm which is used to differentiate patients that have the highest chance for a successful surgical decompression. Up to now, published data regarding this type of surgery demonstrate long-lasting successful outcomes while adverse effects are minor. This article reviews and discusses from a surgeon's perspective decompression surgery for secondary headache attributed to supraorbital and supratrochlear nerve entrapment.

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